Very, very easy to put together and required no tools. It seems fairly stable, though mine isn't loaded down with coats, which is probably what I'd recommend. The base is a little big, but fits safely in a corner well enough without tripping up guests as they enter. Some of the holes you screw the pegs into are a little tight, so the finish gets rubbed off the bottoms of the pegs, but the holes themselves hide most of that. It's also difficult to tell it comes in 3 sections once you screw it all together, so that's nice. Over-all, pleased with the look of this.